HiWhilst I am trawling through the search function, if anyone knows whether medjool dates are poisonous to dogs, can they either please post here or call me on 01788-575920......reverse charges not a problem. My dog has just eaten 180g of dates; have been to vets and he has been sick. The vet rang the Veterinary Poison Information line, but they could only speak for raisins, grapes etc. Are dates one of the same family? It's going to be a long night, but will be better if I knew for sure about the status of dates.

I'm sure they are not the same family. Dates comes from palms and raisins, grapes etc from the vine. I hope your vet will be able to find you a definative answer but I'm pretty certain the dates will not be harmfull although, obviously so much is likely to upset his bowels

By Gunner Date 08.12.05 21:58 GMT

HiI hope so; dates are of the dactylus family (good old google) but as noone seeme to be sure what it is in the grapes and raisins that makes them poisonous to dogs, I am still very anxious. Hopefully panicking unnecessarily.....

phoenix dactylifera, I think, for the medjool. I think you are panicking myself, no good worrying about all the fruits that aren't related to the grape because we know most are safe, I feed a fair few of them to my dogs :)

Shhhhh - don't tell my dog! I was eating dates eariler and I told him he couldn't have any as they're not good for him... too much sugar... don't want him bouncing off the walls like a todller with ADD. :)

how long after he ate them, was he sick probably most of them came up,if he is still bad, and being sick you should go back to vet. watch his poo'sif he gets the runs and is sick at the same time he might get dehydrated.

Donna

By Gunner Date 09.12.05 00:00 GMT

HiIt was somewhere between 30mins and 2 hours after eating that he was induced to be sick . Am putting honey in his water and have been given liqjuid paraffin by the vet.

does he seem alright in himself ?give it 24 hours and see how he is.hope he will be ok for you.if you are concerned about him go back to your veti hope he will be better tomorrow, and the meds you gave him work.

Donna :-)

By Gunner Date 09.12.05 08:33 GMT

Thanks Donna. As it is now 12 hours since he consumed the dates, I hope we are well past any toxicity issues. Still waiting for the date stones to come out of the other end though, so still worrying about blockages. He had a bit of a whine in the night but is perky in himself and slept okay.